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Zurich Ballet: In den winden im nichts [DVD]

Baadsvik Öystein: Snowflakes/A Classical Christ. [CD]

Martin Fröst, clarinet<br/>Janine Jansen & Boris Brovtsyn, violins;<br/>Maxim Rysanov, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello;<br/>Roland Pöntinen, piano<br/><br/>Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet is core repertoire, not just for clarinettists but also in the entire chamber music genre. As such, it has been on Martin Fröst's 'to-be-recorded list' for a long time, and when he gathered a dream-team of string players for a concert in Stockholm in February 2013, it was the perfect opportunity for BIS to organize a recording session. Brahms's Quintet was written in 1891 by a composer who only a year previously had renounced composing, but whose creative urge had been reawakened by his encounter with the leading clarinettist of the time, Richard Mühlfeld. Some 120 years later, Fröst - one of today's most highly regarded musicians and the recipient of the 2014 Sonning Prize - steps into Mühlfeld's shoes, in the company of Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov and Torleif Thedéen. As a complement to this substantial work - with a duration of almost 35 minutes - Martin Fröst has transcribed six much-loved songs by Brahms, performing them with his chamber music partner of long standing, the eminent pianist Roland Pöntinen. The songs, composed between 1866-1886, range from high lyricism (Die Mainacht) to bitter-sweet nostalgia (Wie Melodien...), via the humourous Vergebliches Ständchen. To these new recordings has been added a substantial 'bonus' - Martin Fröst's performance with Pöntinen and Thedéen of the Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, which Brahms composed for Mühlfeld in the same year as the quintet. Originally released in 2005, the recording of the Trio received a warm welcome, including an Editor's Choice in Gramophone, as well as a 'Disc of the Month' on website ClassicsToday.com.

Chopin: Piano works (Jorge Bolet) [2 CD]

Mr. E and Me, alias Martin Hagfors och Erik Johannessen, är en duo bestående av två erfarna musiker med långa karriärer som artister, låtskrivare och producenter inom jazz och populärmusik i band som Homegroan och Jaga Jazzist. Under de senaste tio åren har de också turnerat över hela Norge - på skolor, i förskolor och kulturhus - med sin säregna popmusik med tokiga och varma texter om allt och inget, och har glatt barn i alla åldrar.<br/><br/>Naxos Norway har tidigare gett ut New Orchestral Hits 4 Kids globalt - ett samarbete mellan duon och KORK, det norska radioorkestern - där låtarna har arrangerats om till orkesterverk och texterna skrivits på engelska, Martins modersmål. Den första skivan nominerades till Spellemannpriset (det norska Grammis) i kategorin barnmusik.<br/><br/>Uppföljaren New Orchestral Hits 4 Kids, vol. 2 är även denna gång tillsammans med KORK.

Dvorak/Suk: Violin Concerto/Fantasy & Love.. [SACD Hybrid]

Bach: The Lute Suites [SACD Hybrid]